Wheel attachment assembly
OwnerJohn E. Harrisinventor
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Abstract
A wheel attachment assembly facilitates attachment of a trailer to a towing vehicle by providing a wheeled surface for transporting the trailer to the towing vehicle. The assembly includes a mount having a back wall and a bottom wall. The back wall is coupled to and extends upwardly from a rear edge of the bottom wall. The bottom wall is configured to support a jack post coupled to a tongue of a trailer wherein the jack post selectively raises and lowers the tongue of the trailer. A swivelable caster is coupled to a bottom surface of the bottom wall.
Claims12
A wheel attachment assembly comprising:
- a mount having a back wall and a bottom wall, said back wall being coupled to and extending upwardly from a rear edge of said bottom wall, said bottom wall being configured to support a jack post coupled to a tongue of a trailer wherein the jack post selectively raises and lowers the tongue of the trailer;
- a swivelable caster coupled to a bottom surface of said bottom wall, and
- a panel being spaced above a top surface of said bottom wall, said panel including a main section and a pair of arms coupled to and extending from said main section in a same direction relative to each other, said arms being positioned in spaced parallel relationship relative to each other.
A wheel attachment assembly comprising:
- a mount having a back wall and a bottom wall, said back wall being coupled to and extending upwardly from a rear edge of said bottom wall, said bottom wall being configured to support a jack post coupled to a tongue of a trailer wherein the jack post selectively raises and lowers the tongue of the trailer;
- a swivelable caster coupled to a bottom surface of said bottom wall
- a plurality of holes positioned in said panel;
- a plurality of apertures positioned in said bottom wall of said mount, said apertures being aligned with an associated one of said holes when said panel is attached to said bottom wall;
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- a plurality of fasteners, each of said fasteners being extendable through and engaging an associated one of said holes in said panel and a corresponding one of said apertures in said bottom wall wherein said fasteners are configured to releasably couple the jack post to said panel and said bottom wall, each of said fasteners comprising a locking pin.
A wheel attachment assembly comprising:
- a mount having a back wall and a bottom wall, said back wall being coupled to and extending upwardly from a rear edge of said bottom wall, said bottom wall being configured to support a jack post coupled to a tongue of a trailer wherein the jack post selectively raises and lowers the tongue of the trailer;
- a swivelable caster coupled to a bottom surface of said bottom wall, said caster being offset from a center of said bottom wall;
- a pair of leg mounts coupled to and extending downwardly from said bottom surface of said bottom wall, said caster being positioned between and coupled to each of said leg mounts;
- each of said leg mounts extending forwardly away from said rear edge of said bottom wall toward a front edge of said bottom wall;
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- said caster being positioned nearer to said front edge of said bottom wall than said rear edge of said bottom wall such that a front portion of said caster extends outwardly beyond said front edge of said bottom wall when said caster is directed toward said front edge of said bottom wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.